STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - RINGO STARR - BLAST FROM YOUR PAST

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Good morning Friday people and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again . Today we celebrate the 83rd Birthday of Liverpool, England native, vocalist, drummer, and actor, Ringo Starr (Sir Richard Starkey MBE) . Happy Birthday Ringo ! He was born in 1940 to parents  Richard Starkey and Elsie Gleave and over the course of his 7 decade career he released 17 studio albums as part of the Beatles and 20 solo efforts, including the 2019 release, What's My Name. Today we have him on his first greatest hits compilation, Blast From Your Past. The LP was released November 25,  1975 on the Apple label and was produced by Richard Perry, George Harrison, Pete Drake, and Ringo Starr. It peaked at #95 in Australia and #30 on the Billboard 200. The record collects his most shiny solo stuff from the years 1970 -1974.

1. "You're Sixteen (You're Beautiful and You're Mine)" (Bob Sherman, Richard Sherman) Ringo 2:47

2. "No No Song" (Hoyt Axton, David Jackson) Goodnight Vienna 2:29

3. "It Don't Come Easy" (Richard Starkey) Non album single 3:02

4. "Photograph" (Starkey, George Harrison) Ringo 3:55

5. "Back Off Boogaloo" (Starkey) Non album single 3:18

Side two

6. "Only You (And You Alone)" (Buck Ram) Goodnight Vienna 3:23

7. "Beaucoups of Blues" (Buzz Rabin) Beaucoups of Blues 2:32

8. "Oh My My" (Starkey, Vini Poncia) Ringo 4:17

9. "Early 1970" (Starkey) B-side of "It Don't Come Easy" 2:19

10. "I'm the Greatest" (John Lennon) Ringo 3:22

Ringo Starr – lead vocals (all tracks), drums

George Harrison – guitar , acoustic guitar, , backing vocals 
Vini Poncia – acoustic guitar, guitar, backing vocals, percussion 
Jimmy Calvert – acoustic guitar , guitar 

Klaus Voormann – bass guitar 
Paul McCartney – "kazoo" vocal solo, 
John Lennon – piano , backing vocals 
Billy Preston – organ, piano 

Nicky Hopkins – piano 

Jim Keltner – drums 
Milt Holland – percussion, marimba 
Lon & Derrek Van Eaton – percussion 
Tom Scott – horns and arrangements

Bobby Keys – saxophone 

Harry Nilsson – backing vocals 
Martha Reeves – backing vocals 
Merry Clayton – backing vocals 


Carl Fortina – accordion
Richard Bennett – electric guitar solo
Dennis Coffey – guitars
Steve Cropper – electric guitar
Jesse Ed Davis – electric guitar

Robbie Robertson – guitars
Alvin Robinson – guitar
Lon Van Eaton – guitars

Klaus Voormann – bass guitar
Richard Perry – bass guitar, backing vocals
Dr. John – piano, backing vocals
Elton John – piano
David Foster – piano

Tom Hensley – electric piano
Nicky Hopkins – electric piano
Lincoln Mayorga – piano

James Newton Howard – synthesizer
Gary Wright – keyboards
Chuck Findley – horns
Bobby Keys – horns
Trevor Lawrence – horns
Lew McCreary – horns

Steve Madaio – trumpet

Madeline Bell – backing vocals
Lesley Duncan – backing vocals
Jean Gilbert – backing vocals
Jimmy Gilstrap – backing vocals
Joe Greene – backing vocals
Ira Hawkins – backing vocals
Clydie King – backing vocals
Linda Lawrence – backing vocals
Harry Nilsson – backing vocals
May Pang – backing vocals
Masst Alberts – backing vocals
Derrek Van Eaton – backing vocals
Cynthia Webb – backing vocals

Chuck Howard – guitar
Charlie Daniels – guitar
Jerry Kennedy – guitar
Dave Kirby – guitar
Sorrells Pickard – guitar
Jerry Reed – guitar
Jerry Shook – guitar

Ben Keith – pedal steel guitar
Pete Drake – pedal steel guitar

Roy Huskey – upright bass

Buddy Harman – drums
D.J. Fontana – drums

Jim Buchanan – fiddle
George Richey – fiddle
Grover Lavender – fiddle

Charlie McCoy – harmonica
The Jordanaires – backing vocals